Short bio:
After more than 8 years, Johannes Kristmann left the AAA-Industry to co-found the Berlin based independent game studio Maschinen-Mensch. Since then his studio has been developing games far off the mainstream, such as the award-winning Curious Expedition.

Long bio:
Johannes Kristmann spent more than 8 years in the AAA-Industry and worked on “SpecOps: The Line” or Dead Island 2 as an Artist, Leveldesigner and Gamedesigner. In 2014 he decided to leave the mainstream business and co-founded the Berlin based independent games studio Maschinen-Mensch, to work on unconventional games far off the mainstream mold. The studios debut-title Curious Expedition was awarded the German Developer Award for “Best Independent Game” in 2015.